Display rack



0d. 21, 1930. J. K. RECKFORD DISPLAY RACK Filed May 25, 1928 INVENTYOR BY 2 ATTORNE s' playing pen holders, pencils, etc.

Patented Oct. 21, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE J'OHN KING REOKFORD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;, ASSIGNOR T O'AMERIC AN LEAD PENCIL 0011mm, or NEW yoax, N. Y.-,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK 1 DISPLAY RACK This invention relates tofdisplay racks and more particularly racks for holding and dis- The present invention contemplates display rack oiithis character made from-suitable sheet material, such for example as cardboard, adapted to be supported on an easel or suspended from a suitablesupport.

On such display racks it is desirable to present a unique and attractive form for supporting and displaying the articles and at the same time to provide a suitable surface on the body of the rack for carrying desired advertising or descriptive matter, which will be visible when the articles being displayed are positioned in the rack, at the sametime keeping the size of the rack down to a minimum, in

order to reduce the cost of the rack and also in order to conservespace consumed by the rack.

With this and other objects inmind, an ob- 'ject of the present invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be produced economically and efliciently and which will obtain the advantagesabove set forth.

Further and more specific objects, features and advantages will more clearly appear from the detailed description given below, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings:

. Fig. l is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the rack made from a single piece of sheet material, such as cardboard, suitably scored or cut with the scored portions of the rack still remaining in the plane of the sheet, and

the scored portions bent outwardly and in which the articles to be displayed are indicated in dash lines.

The sheet of cardboard is indicated as l and having a suitable means for supporting I the same adjacent its top edge provided by the hole 2. An elongated flap 3 is formed by cutting or scoring the cardboard along the line 4, and the flap 3 is adapted to be bent about the line 5 to form a hinge connecting the flap to the sheet 1. The flap 3 is provid- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rack with 8 and 8.

1928. Serial No. 2 0,437.

ed with a plurality of holes 6 pr0viding a series of holes extending longitudinally of the flap 3. Said holes are formed with serrated peripheries, providing thereby yieldable friction engaging means forfirml holding the articles inserted in said holes. paced laterally from flap 3 is a similar flap 3, corresponding in all detailsof construction with substantially less than the diameter of the holes 6. The flap 8 has its outer edge positioned substantially beneath the outer edge of flap 3and is much shorter in "lengthlaterally, and I nighttherefore be said tolie in .ofiset position with respect to flap3.

A flap 8 is positioned beneath flap 3 corresponding respectively to the position of in all respects in accordance with flap 8 heretofore described.

In Fig. 2 the flaps 3, 3, 8 and 8. are bent outwardly, the upper flaps abouttheir lower hingededge, and the lower flaps around their upper hinged edge; thereby vprovidingsupporting means for articles such as the pen holders 11. The'pen holders 11 are inserted respectively in the individual holes 6, 6 and vdue to the serrated periphery of said holes the pen holders are firmly gripped therein,

with the lower staff of the pen holders extending downwardly and passing through the respective slots 10, 10 in the lower flaps;

connected at their lower edge provide asupgrasped thereinby means ofthe serrated pefiap 8 with respect to flap 8, and is formed V The flaps 3and 3fbeing hingedly porting shelf-for the pen holders, which are Y lower flaps 8,18 being hingedlyconnected at their upper edge tend to bend downwardly, thereby gripp'ng the lower 'end of the pen holders therein. r g

It will be readily seen and appreciated from the accompanying drawings that by arranging the supporting flaps in the manner above described a maximum area, indicated by the dash lines and designated as 12, is provided for suitable advertising or clescriptive printing on the card; and such area is visible at all times even when all of the pen holders 11 are positioned in the display rack. This is considered of great importance, since in display racks of this kind it is desirable to have as much space available for such advertising or descriptive printing, and at the same time permitting the same to be viewed while the display rack is full of articles. By the present invention I have provided for this maximum of "free area, at the same time keeping the size oi: the rack to a minimum and in addition providing an eflicient supporting and displaying structure which lends itself to economic and rapid production.

Having thus described my invention with particularity with reference to its preferred form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art, after understanding my invention, that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and I aim in the appended claims to cover such changes and modifications as are within the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a display rack made of sheet material. and comprising an upper integral flap hingedly attached along one edge and provided with a series of holes, a lower integral flap hingedly attached along one edge and provided with an elongated hole extending lengthwise thereof and positioned in substantial vertical alignment beneath the said series of holes of the upper flap when said flaps are bent outwardly, said lower flap being of substantially less length than said upper flap and being ofl'set with respect thereto and having one end in substantial alignment with one end of said upper flap, and a similar series of flaps formed in said card in laterally disposed relation to said first series of flaps thereby providing a maximum printing area between said flaps free from obstruction by articles displayed in said rack.

2; As an article of manufacture, a display rack made of sheet material and comprising a series of upper and lower spaced apertured integral supporting flaps to support groups of elongated articles such as pencils and penholders, said flaps constructed and arranged so that the articles of one group are supported thereon in a downward and outward direction with respect to the articles in the other group to expose a central area on the sheet for printed and advertising matter.

3. As an article of manufacture, a display rack comprising a fiat sheet of cardboard,

two pairs of upper and lower integral spaced apertured flaps disposed on opposite side of the vertical middle line of the sheet, the flaps arranged to support the articles in a downwardly divergent manner to leave a central exposed area on the sheet for printed and advertising matter.

4. As an article of manufacture, a display rack made of sheet material comprising an integral flap having a, series of apertures therein to receive articles to be supported, lower integral flap having a slot therein to receive and guide the lower ends of the *r iclesand disposed in an offset manner with respect to the upper flap so as to swing the lower ends of the articles to one side of the vertical.

5. As an article of manufacture, display rack made of sheet material comprising an integral flap having a series of aper tures therein, the edges of the apertures being serrated to increase the grip on the supported articles, a lower integral flap thereon having slot therein merely to receive and guide the lower ends of the supported articles, said lower flap disposed in an offset manner with respectto the upper flap so as to swing the lower ends of the articles to one side of the vertical whereby a central area of the sheet is exposed for use for printing and advcrtising matter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN l-TG RECKFQRD. 

